明清时期南运河区域的号子

Chant in South Canal Area in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期南运河区域的号子因运河畅达而繁盛,它是南运河区域特定群体在劳动过程中创作并作用于生产劳动的文化累积的产物。南运河区域号子根据劳动环境不同主要分为夯(硪)号子与船工号子,其呈现出自发性地域性交融性、技术指向的明确性及社会文化的多样性等特点。在互动的仪式中,南运河区域号子体现出整合、导向、转化的功用。

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,chant in the South Canal area flourished because of the propriety of the canal.It is the product of cultural accumulation created by specific groups in the South Canal area in the process of labor and production.According to the different working environments,the regional chant is mainly divided into the ramming chant and the boatman chant,which presents the characteristics of spontaneity,regionalism,blending,technical direction and diversity of social culture.In the interactive ceremony,the chant in South Canal area embodies the function of“integration,guidance and transformation”.